Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25066
(formerly occ/9077)

	Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι· \|
	τῆς τοῦ θανάτου πικρί(ας) οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ· \|
	ἀλλ᾽ ὀψὲ νήψας καὶ νοήσας τὴν πλάνην· \|
	Ἄνθρωπε φύγε τὸν ψυχώλεθρον βίον· \|
	γῆν γὰρ ἅπασαν καὶ θάλασσαν ἂν δράμης \|
	καὶ πάντα τῆς γῆς ἂν κερδήσεις τόν \| πλοῦτον·
	τάφος σὲ σήψει κἂν θέλης κἂν μὴ θέλης:-

Type(s)	[3023] Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476-1500
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 31, Cod. 24 [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://mss.bmlonline.it/s.aspx?Id=AWOHzYp9I1A4r7GxMCHz&c=Hesiodi%20Opera%20et%20dies#/oro/7
Number of verses	7
Related occurrence(s)	[18745] Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι [1318] ATHOS - Skete Kausokalubion 10 [1318] (f. 27v) (7 verses) (5/7) [20597] Ὁ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν μέλι βίου [1491] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 134 [1491] (f. 210r-210v) (17 verses) (4/7) [21487] ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφῳ [1492] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II C 33 [1476-1500] (f. 518r) (6 verses) (1/7)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2019-07-04.

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